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Gild Spice Level and Content Notes

By Raven Kennedy. Last checked .

Spice level

3/5

Open door

“This book contains explicit content and dark elements that may be triggering to some.”

Source: Raven Kennedy's site, checked Oct 12, 2026. We place that description on the FaeShelf 0 to 5 spice scale.

Book facts

Author
Raven Kennedy
Series
Book 1 of The Plated Prisoner
Publisher
Bloom Books (Sourcebooks)
First published
Oct 16, 2020 (Goodreads)
Age rating
18+ (Raven Kennedy's site)
Goodreads
3.62 from 430K ratings on Goodreads as of Oct 12, 2026

Content notes

  • Sexual violence: Non-consensual sex. “It includes mature language, violence, death, and non-consensual sex.” (Raven Kennedy's site)
  • Violence: Violence and death. “It includes mature language, violence, death, and non-consensual sex.” (Raven Kennedy's site)

A book missing from this list is not guaranteed to be free of that content.

Tropes and creatures

Only tags the publisher’s own description names, with its wording.

  • Fae“The fae abandoned this world to us.” (source)

Read it or skip it

Read it if

  • You want an open door romance with one or more explicit scenes (3/5 per Raven Kennedy's site).
  • You want fae, as the publisher's description puts it.
  • You want to start a series: this is book 1 of The Plated Prisoner.

Skip it if

  • You want romance without explicit sex (3/5 per Raven Kennedy's site).
  • You want to avoid sexual violence (noted by Raven Kennedy's site).
  • You are choosing for a younger teen: Raven Kennedy's site rates it 18+.

Gild FAQ

Is Gild spicy?

It is 3/5 (open door) on the FaeShelf 0 to 5 scale, based on Raven Kennedy's site: "This book contains explicit content and dark elements that may be triggering to some."

Is Gild YA or adult?

Raven Kennedy's site rates it 18+ (checked Oct 12, 2026).

Is Gild part of a series?

Yes. It is book 1 of The Plated Prisoner by Raven Kennedy.

When did Gild come out?

Goodreads lists it as first published Oct 16, 2020.

What content notes does Gild have?

Raven Kennedy's site lists non-consensual sex and violence and death. A book missing a note is not guaranteed to be free of that content.

In our guides

How we checked this

This page draws on 3 source pages, each linked next to the fact it supports, last checked on Oct 12, 2026. Spice comes only from a named review or the author’s or publisher’s own content notes, quoted as published and placed on our 0 to 5 scale; reader shelves and fan sites are not used. Ratings change daily, so the Goodreads figure is a dated snapshot. Read more about our sources, or browse all books.